It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
Edgar Rice BurroughsWhen Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.
Edgar Rice BurroughsIn that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.
Edgar Rice BurroughsI do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later.
Edgar Rice Burroughs